Abrams is a smart, but rather boring choice. His movie will hit all of the necessary beats and provide the established Star Wars experience he's expected to deliver, but none of it will be particularly inspired. It's just going to be more of the same (albeit somewhat improved due to Lucas not writing).

On the upside, at least it's not going to be Jon Favreau. So there's that.

Just learned JJ Abrams is directing the new Star Wars movie. This is great since to me he made the Star Trek franchise more interesting, and making very odd creatures come to life in the real world. So in short, so excited.

He didn't make Star Trek more interesting so much as he just made it more palatable for a broader audience (which is to say he dumbed it down and ramped up the spectacle, thus making it less threatening and more familiar for the masses).

He didn't make Star Trek more interesting so much as he just made it more palatable for a broader audience (which is to say he dumbed it down and ramped up the spectacle, thus making it less threatening and more familiar for the masses).

Anything would have been preferable to Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Anything.